About 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours60,000 migrants crossed into Spanish territory of Ceuta, but most left voluntarilyBy SERGIO RODRIGO RUÍZ Associated Press , RENATA BRITO Associated Press , and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated PressMigrants return to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, July 31, 2026. To reach Ceuta, on the northern African coast, migrants often swim from the Moroccan town of Fnideq, covering about 3 miles (5 kilometers) to reach Spanish territory. “Sánchez allows Spain to be invaded through Ceuta,” Spanish conservative politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso wrote on X. Migrants from Morocco also attempted to cross into Melilla, the other Spanish territory at the tip of North Africa. Associated Press journalists Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain; Akram Oubachir in Casablanca, Morocco; and Antonio Sempere in Ceuta, Spain, contributed.